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Variety of Surgical Guides and Protocols for Bone Reduction Prior to Implant Placement: a Narrative Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Review Variety of Surgical Guides and Protocols for Bone Reduction Prior to Implant Placement: A Narrative Review Eitan Mijiritsky 1,2,† , Hadar Ben Zaken 3,*,† , Maayan Shacham 4 , Ihsan Caglar Cinar 5, Cem Tore 5, Katalin Nagy 6 and Scott D. Ganz 7,8 1 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel; [email protected] 2 The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel 3 Department of Periodontology, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905, Israel 4 School of Social Work, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; [email protected] 5 Department of Oral Implantology, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey; [email protected] (I.C.C.); [email protected] (C.T.) 6 Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Szeged, Tisza L. krt 64, 6720 Szeged, Hungary; [email protected] 7 Department of Restorative Dentistry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA; [email protected] 8 Independent Researcher, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA * Correspondence: [email protected] † Equal contribution. Citation: Mijiritsky, E.; Ben Zaken, Abstract: Edentulism and terminal dentition are still considered significant problems in the dental H.; Shacham, M.; Cinar, I.C.; Tore, C.; field, posing a great challenge for surgical and restorative solutions especially with immediate loading Nagy, K.; Ganz, S.D. Variety of protocols. When the implant placement is planned immediately after extraction with irregular bone Surgical Guides and Protocols for topography or there is an un-leveled alveolar ridge topography for any other reason, bone reduction Bone Reduction Prior to Implant may be required to level the alveolar crest in order to create the desired bone architecture allowing for Placement: A Narrative Review. Int. J. sufficient bone width for implant placement and to insure adequate inter-arch restorative space. Bone Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, reduction protocols exist in analog and digitally planned methodologies, with or without surgical 2341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ guides to achieve the desired bone level based upon the desired position of the implants with regard ijerph18052341 to the restorative outcome. The objective of this paper was to scrutinize the literature regarding the Academic Editor: Paul B. Tchounwou practice of bone reduction in conjunction with implant placement, and to review different types of bone reduction surgical guides. Results: The literature reveals different protocols that provide for Received: 12 January 2021 bone reduction with a variety of bone reduction methods. The digitally-planned surgical guide based Accepted: 23 February 2021 on Cone-Beam computerized tomography (CBCT) scan reconstructed data can improve accuracy, Published: 27 February 2021 reduce surgical time, and deliver the desired bone level for the implant placement with fewer surgical and restorative complications. The clinician’s choice is based on personal experience, training, and Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral comfort with a specific guide type. Conclusions: Bone reduction, when required, is an indispensable with regard to jurisdictional claims in step in the surgical procedure to attain suitable width of bone in anticipation of implant placement published maps and institutional affil- ideally determined by the desired tooth position and required restorative space based on material iations. selection for the chosen framework design, i.e., hybrid, monolithic zirconia. Additionally, bone reduction and implant placement can be accomplished in the same surgical procedure, minimizing trauma and the need for two separate interventions. Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Keywords: bone reduction; bone reduction guides; alveolar ridge reduction; ostectomy; surgical Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. techniques guided surgery This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052341 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2341 2 of 16 1. Introduction Edentulism is still considered one of the worldwide most public health significant problems, although improvement in preventive dentistry [1]. According to national epi- demiological survey data, even though the rate of edentulous patient is decreasing every decade, the population of elderly people is continuing to grow, as coordinate to the in- crease in life expectancy; hence, the demand for suitable solution for edentulous patients is growing [1,2]. Patients with a terminal dentition are posing a unique challenge for surgical and restorative solutions, particularly when the treatment plan includes immediate placement of implants after tooth extraction [3,4]. The traditional protocol for terminal dentition was to extract teeth first and then allow sufficient time (in months) for the bone ridge to heal before implant placement would be considered. During the healing phase, the patient received an immediate complete denture until the bone had matured enough for implant placement [3]. Patients would often claim that dentures would impair their quality of life due to pain, denture sores, poor stability, insufficient retention, leading to problems in masticating food properly. In contrast, implant-supported provisional prostheses after immediate loading, remarkably improved the life quality of edentulous patients and were associated with a greater satisfaction of patients in regards to comfort, functionality, phonetics and esthetics [1,5]. As dental implants gained validity and credibility, patients no longer were satis- fied with removable dentures and wished for the improved quality of life that implant- supported fixed prostheses can provide [2]. However, there are limitations in that not all patients are good candidates for dental implants, especially those classified as Cawood and Howell Class IV, V, or VI [6]. Immediate loading in edentulous patients was introduced more than 20 years ago [7]. Furthermore, long term studies showed that the rate of bone loss was equivalent to the conventional delayed approach therefore acknowledging immediate loading treatment protocols as safe and efficient [8]. As the demand for implant procedures continue to increase, improved and shorter treatment protocols have evolved [9], with certain proto- cols providing for fewer implants with off-angle placement for immediate surgical and restorative reconstruction [7]. Diagnostic imaging technology has evolved with the advent of cone beam computed tomography, interactive treatment planning software applications, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) which provided new digital workflows for enhanced collaboration with dental laboratory technicians for conventional and guided implant placement [3,4]. It is undisputed that 3-D imaging modalities and interactive treatment planning software can provide essential information about bone quality, density, and volume for the assessment of potential implant receptor sites at the time of tooth extraction or in healed site [3,4]. The utilization of digital workflows facilitated an understanding of treatment alternatives for terminal dentition or edentulous patients. As diagnosis and treatment planning became more sophisticated, the use of stereolithography (3-D printing) and CAD/CAM surgical guides has expanded from simple pilot drill templates to more sophisticated designs defined as “full-template guidance” [10], digitally planned controlled and accurate bone reduction, sinus-lift guides, harvest guides, and stackable guides directly linking the surgical placement to the restorative outcome [3,4,10–12]. The completely edentulous arch presents difficulties during free-hand implant place- ment due to lack of orientation within the diverse topography which has the potential of mal-positioned implants and proximity or damage to adjacent vital structures. For the partially edentulous patient, there is often lack of symmetry with both soft tissue and bone volume. Hence, the use of 3-D imaging and advanced software applications allows the clinician to detect changes and variations in bone morphology and location of vital struc- tures to accurately determine the favorable treatment plan “prior to the scalpel touching the patient” [9]. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2341 3 of 16 Advanced 3-D imaging has made it possible to assess bone volume in relation to terminal dentition and irregular bone topography which may remain after tooth extractions. Implant placement can be very challenging without proper diagnostic planning in advance of the surgical intervention. Whenever is possible, while performing bone reduction, care must be taken to remain in the limits of the alveolar bone. The amount of alveolar bone reduction is generally dictated by the creation of a new favorable, functional and aesthetic occlusal plane of the future implant-supported prosthesis. Additionally, complications can be minimized with virtual planning software tools, stereolithography, and CAM-CAM technology [9,13,14]. The purpose of bone reduction is to partly
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